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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

Relias

Healthcare organizations have a growing responsibility to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts not only for their employees, but also to better serve patients and their families. The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare. Health disparities related to diverse populations.

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How to Practice Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

Relias

Despite this fact, just 4% of organizations include disabilities in their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. What it means to practice inclusion A key point in understanding the value of inclusion is that diversity, by itself, is not enough when it comes to benefiting an organization.

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Overcoming Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

Relias

The need for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in healthcare is not new, but DEI is still a new focus for many healthcare organizations. In a 2021 Relias survey of 1,310 healthcare and public safety professionals, only 62% of respondents said that their organization participates in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Writing your values-based teaching philosophy

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

In contrast, April might infuse her courses with team-based learning to promote open communication skills as a form of integrity. Not only is doing the right thing simply how we do business, but our actions reveal our commitment to truth-telling and to how we always see ourselves from the perspective of others in a larger community.

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Promoting Psychological Safety Through DEI Principles

Relias

Embracing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices is one way to help create this type of psychological safety in your organization. This could entail how to better offer services to persons served, how to create better lines of communication within the organization, and more. Communicate to understand.

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The Role of the Interpretation Guide in the Self-Study: CSWE Accreditation

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Such a description has helped to communicate to programs the significant importance of the BOA’s guidance in how to best answer each of the compliance statements. It is also the copying and pasting of a program’s termination policies and explaining how these policies are communicated to students and stakeholders.

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How Can You Support Your Staff During and After a Crisis?

Relias

This allows for greater employee buy-in and communication, ultimately leading to improved organizational culture, increased retention rates, and more. You cannot do that without clear and honest communication. As a result of this willingness to learn from the team, lines of communication remained open.

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